Empowering tech firms requires “a fine...

Empowering tech firms requires “a fine balance of the government helping and the government staying out of the way,” BigBelly Solar Vice President-Engineering Michael Feldman told the House Small Business Committee Tuesday during questioning at a hearing. Network access is important, said Leo McCloskey, senior vice president-technical programs at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. There has been little real work in how spectrum sharing would work in practice, McCloskey said, advising letting sharing services mature and advancing any sharing efforts slowly. There should be more “clarity” on data policies, he said. Darrell West, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Tech Innovation, stressed improving consumers’ access to the Internet. The wireless sphere is great at attracting unconventional firms, West said, identifying the importance of people from diverse backgrounds having access to capital.